Princeton Attorney Receives Fred G. Stickel Award

Trishka Waterbury Cecil (at right), of counsel to the Princeton, N.J., law firm of Mason, Griffin & Pierson, was recently honored by the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys with the Fred G. Stickel Award. The award was presented at the Institute’s annual meeting, held Nov. 20, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The award is given in honor of the late Fred G. Stickel III, who practiced municipal law for over 50 years and was counsel to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. It is presented in recognition of excellence in local government law, exemplary service to the legal profession and local government, outstanding service to the community and unselfish assistance rendered to other local government attorneys. Cecil is immediate past president of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys and an associate editor of its quarterly publication, the Local Government Law Review.

Rutgers Law Alumni Honor Three

The Rutgers School of Law-Newark Alumni Association honored Mary Beth Hogan, senior co-chair of litigation at Debevoise & Plimpton; U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas; and Amy Gottlieb, associate regional director, northeast region, American Friends Service Committee, at its annual Alumni Recognition dinner held Nov. 6, 2014, at Nanina’s in the Park in Belleville, N.J. Shown, from left: Gottlieb; Alumni Association president Keith Miller, Robinson, Wettre & Miller; dinner co-chair T. Gary Mitchell, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender; Judge Salas; Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor; Acting Dean Ronald Chen; dinner co-chair Randall Brett, Law Office of Randall P. Brett; and Hogan.

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